帮你跟踪贵重物品的Filo
Filo Tag is a tiny device that helps you keep track of your valuables

由专筑网王帅，杨帆编译

科技企业家Lapo Ceccherelli开发了一种仅有6毫米厚的跟踪设备，它可以帮助你找到丢失的手机或一串钥匙。

当Filo被捆绑到贵重物品上时，用户通过附带的手机应用程序按下按钮，如果它在蓝牙范围的80米之内，跟踪器就会发出蜂鸣。

Tech entrepreneur Lapo Ceccherelli has developed a six-millimetre-wide tracking device that can help you find a lost smartphone or set of keys.
When the Filo Tag is attached to valuables, users can press a button on the accompanying smartphone app and the tracker will ring if it is less than 80 metres away – within the Bluetooth range.

该追踪器具备三种功能。第一，如果你丢了手机，就可以按两次跟踪器前面的按钮，即使手机处于静音状态，它也会响。

第二，如果它所绑定的超出了蓝牙范围，你可以知道跟踪器的最后已知位置。

第三，健忘的用户通过设置应用程序来通知用户开始超出范围，这样他们就不会把重要的东西落在家。

The tracker has three other functions. If you lose your phone, you can press a button on the front of the tracker twice, and the phone will ring, even if it's on silent.
You can also check the last known position of the tracker, if the item it's attached to is out of Bluetooth range.
Forgetful users can set the app to notify them when they start to move out of range, so they don't leave the house without important items.

该跟踪设备使用了低功耗蓝牙，这是一种与普通蓝牙相类似的技术，但功率要小得多。这使得电池可以使用接近一年。

The tracking device works using Bluetooth Low Energy – a technology that offers a similar range to regular Bluetooth, but using significantly less power. This allows the battery to last up to a year.

起初，Filo聘请了一家巴黎代理从事这项设计工作，但该公司很快意识到，他们更可以通过合作的方式来完成它，而不是袖手旁观。

Ceccherelli说：“我们不是在找人为我们思考，我们需要有人和我们一起工作，把他们的知识和技能与我们的知识和技能结合起来。”

Initially Filo employed a Parisian agency to work on the design, but the company soon realised they wanted to collaborate rather than watch from the sidelines.
"We weren't looking for someone to think for us, we needed someone to work together with us, integrating their knowledge and skills with ours," said Ceccherelli.

最后，他们决定与意大利Pizzolorusso设计工作室进行合作，该工作室以前为Palomar设计了皱巴巴的城市地图。

首席设计师Emanuele Pizzolorusso说：“我试图保持设计尽可能简单又大胆。这是一个容易识别的对象，所以细节就极为重要了。”

They decided to work with Italian design studio Pizzolorusso, which previously designed crumpled city maps for Palomar.
Lead designer Emanuele Pizzolorusso said: "I tried to keep the design as clean and bold as possible. It's a relatively simple object and so the details are even more important."

Filo的设计和制造都在意大利完成，这使得制造商能够更好地控制质量。与大多数其他追踪器不同的是，电池耗尽之后可以更换。

制造商从一开始就明确表示，他们不想制造一次性设备。

Filo Tag was designed and built in Italy, which allowed the makers better control over quality. Unlike most other trackers, you can replace the batteries when they die.
The makers were clear from the start that they didn't want to make a disposable device.

随着物联网技术的发展，跟踪物体的距离和精度将不断提高。

Ceccherelli相信追踪器会变得更小，电池寿命也会更长。该团队正在探索可能超越蓝牙和其他当前跟踪手段的技术。

除了科技发展，他们还希望追踪器的使用也会发生变化。

As IoT technology evolves, the ability to track objects at greater distances, and with better precision will increase.
Ceccherelli believes that trackers will get smaller still, with longer battery life. The team are exploring technologies that may overtake Bluetooth and other current tracking technologies.
Alongside tech developments, they hope that usage of the tracker may also evolve.

跟踪器可以监视笔记本电脑、钱包、钥匙等。然而，制造商坚持认为，它也可以用来阻止宠物离家很远。

Ceccherelli与他的三位毕业于卢斯实验室（Luiss Enlabs）合伙人在在罗马启动加速计划，并从LVenture集团获得启动资金。

The tracker is intended for keeping an eye on laptops, wallets, keys and the like. However, the makers insist that it could also be used to stop pets straying far from home.
Ceccherelli and his three partners graduated from Luiss Enlabs start-up acceleration programme in Rome and received seed funding from LVenture Group.